Monthly Report March

Written by Teacher Margaret


Jambo our happy day family. We hope that you are doing well. We at happy day are doing good and feeling energized after the recent visit by B-O-K Group from Norway. We are very grateful for coming and giving the kids hope for tomorrow. Thank you for the home visits to a few of happy day families. The visiting group at least got to know the actual situations of the children we have here. We had a week full of positive energy and we also had a party full of music, food, kids games and above all full of happiness. Such events gives the kids lifetime experiences.

This term has seen us admit 10 new kids in our baby class. Our criteria of admitting is that we take very vulnerable kids who if not admitted will not go to school due to poverty. I will give a few insights on some of our kids.

JUSTUS KIMANZI
He is a 9yr old boy from a very poor background. He entirely depends on happy day meals. His mother is a stay at home mom since she is very poor and she also has a small baby. Justus is the eldest in a family of 4 children.... Happy day buys him school uniform when what he has becomes worn out. He is soon leaving happy day to another school and we don't know what will happen to him then

MARION NABWIRE
Marion is 8yrs old... She also comes from a very poor background. The family had been living new our school until when they were evicted from the iron sheet structure by the landlord because they were unable to pay rent. As at now she walks to and from school every a distance of around 10 kilometers.... She too mostly depends on the school meals.... Her mother is jobless and had kept her at home after schools opened because she didn't have the requirements... We looked for her and asked her to let Marion come to school even with nothing.

This are just two cases that I have highlighted. We will highlight each and every happy day child by the end of this term.

Our newly admitted kids are also in need of screening, treatment and vaccination against typhoid ... Typhoid had been a big cause of absenteeism until last year when our kids, the staff and some of the families went through the process.... We also think the the new kids should go through the process. We have already started with 2 of them who are currently under treatment

Our february / march budget is as follows 

Salaries....... 75000 

Chai.............21000 

Food............25000 

Gas................2400 

Insurance.... 14000 

Water.............3000 

Stationary...... 5000 

TOTAL..... 145,400